Early March, Porto di Savona on the Italian mainland. Although it is late afternoon, the sun burns as if there is no tomorrow. The Mediterranean Sea lies in front of us, so flat and calm, it looks like a mirror. We are skeptical about the weather report for the next few days, which claims this calm will last. It is hard to believe that the typical storms of the area, the sirocco and the dreaded mistral, will spare us. Before this trip, I studied many articles about sailing and kayaking the Corsican Coast and none reported a windless trip for a whole week. Aboard the ferry, my wife Nadja and I enjoy a calm crossing. After the obligatory Corsican chestnut beer “Pietra” at the Lido Bar, we unroll our sleeping mats in the aisle of the Mega Express IV. It was crowded on board, and we couldn’t get hold of a cabin. But that doesn’t matter; the crew is in a good mood and lets us enjoy our free camp in the ocean air.
I’ve been planning a multi-day sea kayaking trip along the beautiful Corsican coastline for years. Although I’ve been kayaking the country’s whitewater rivers yearly for over twenty years, I had never brought my sea kayak. But I
